➴ Vegeta is born as the prince of the Saiyan race.

➴ Frieza destroys Planet Vegeta. Vegeta loses most of his race and is enslaved to Frieza.

➴ Earth: Battles Goku’s friends, transforms into a monkey, tail cut off, loses first major in battle in life to Gohan.

➴ Namek: Kills Frieza's elite, battles Zarbon (loses first encounter, kills Zarbon in the next), learns about Frieza's transformations, seeks Dragon Balls.

➴ Ginyu Force: Fights members, kills Guldo and Jeice, interacts with Gohan, survives near-death.

➴ Frieza: Faces Frieza multiple times becoming more desperate as his strength is outmatched quickly and declares himself super saiyan

➴ Frieza Kills Him: Vegeta is shot and dies slowly, explains the state of his existence to Goku as he dies (as well as in front of all the Z fighters).

➴ Revive: Revived by Dragon Ball's and witnesses Goku as a Super Saiyan

➴ Trains with Bulma’s equipment in hopes of achieving Super Saiyan

➴ Grows closer with Bulma

➴ Becomes intimate with Bulma at some point

➴ Trunks is born. Vegeta is indifferent

➴ Future Trunks arrives, goes Super Saiyan, kills King Cold

➴ Vegeta tweaks out about knowing two Saiyans can go super saiyan but he cannot

➴ Achieves Super Saiyan via his own will most likely (bit nebulous in manga)

➴ Future Trunks arrives again. He and Vegeta are at odds for most of arc

➴ Battles Imperfect and Perfect Cell, actions resulting in death of future Trunks

➴ Apologizes to Gohan when he realizes how badly his expression of pride fucks everyone over

➴ Future Trunks and Vegeta achieve mutual respect by end of arc

➴ Mentors his child Trunks, trains on his own, husband of Bulma

➴ Controlled by Babidi but resists, chooses to fight Goku and commits attrocities while reflecting on how it felt to be an elite warrior in his youth

➴ Realizes this is not what he wants, sacrifices himself to protect Earth

➴ Revived with halo, fights alongside Goku against Buu, is deemed as a good person by the Dragon Balls and aids with spirit bomb.